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After her studies at the University of Bremen, tantra masseuse Anna Gönna Pezely worked in many projects she organized for children and young adults, including the Girls‘ House in Bremen. During this time, giving massages was a favorite hobby. In May 2000, she founded the Namyo Massage practice in Bremen. Since 2013, she organizes trips focusing on massages to places ranging from Greenland to Morocco.

Gönna, you have been studying massage techniques for years. What exactly do you offer in your massage practice?
I specialized in tantra massage rituals for women, men and couples, and also offer TAO massage training for couples.

What exactly is tantra? What kinds of varieties are there?
Tantra is originally a traditional Buddhist teaching and practice. It is still practiced today in local cloisters by monks and nuns as part of meditation and mental training.Read more

Dr. Axel-Jürg Potempa, urologist, sex researcher and author from Munich explains the typical male tactics of delay, reservations and fears when it comes to their own health.

Men usually are aware that it is smart to make an annual visit to the doctor for a check-up. In my practice, however, it is usually the case that this only occurs in case of an acute incident. It seems to be much more important that the car get an annual check-up or that it passes inspection every two years. This kind of man is a lone Indian who solves his problems on his own rather than seek outside help. And if it does ache or twinge somewhere then it’s better to discuss it around the camp fire with his tribal brothers. Okay, admittedly more than likely we are talking about his local drinking buddies at the pub. There he can get much more qualified help than with a “medicine man”.Read more

Dr. Axel-Jürg Potempa, urologist from Munich on the importance of health check-ups –also for men.

Although Germans are living longer, men with an average of 78 years still have a considerably shorter life expectancy than women, who on average live to be 83. Women live a whole five years longer. Yet the lifestyles of women and men are becoming increasingly the same – both sexes generally work full-time and benefit from the advances in medicine. So why is there such a discrepancy in average life expectancies?Read more